Mother bear immediately takes action (Video)

Sumer Walser Williams and her husband were woken up by the sound of their pet dog barking wildly. The North Carolina couple were then surprised to learn the reason behind his agitation. “Sure enough, when I put the front deck lights on, there was a cub at the front door.” As Williams and her husband looked on in amazement, the curious cub stood upright and peeked through their window. Rather than be offended they were woken up at the crack of dawn, the couple was delighted.

But not everyone was so pleased by the baby bear’s boldness. After a few moments, the cub’s mom climbed up onto the deck — catching her baby in the act of what she evidently considers a “no-no.” She appeared at the deck to drag him away by the ear. For Williams, herself a parent to two young children, the bear mom’s reaction to her wayward kid was one she understood completely. “It was so relatable. That’s my daily experience with my own children,” Williams said. “I think that’s what made the video so great. It showed that some aspects of parenting are uniform across species.”

 A moment almost too cute to be believed

Williams imagines the bear mom’s message to her cub was something like this: “I have told you a hundred times not to bother people. We have to be silent. I’ve told you this. Why can’t you seem to listen?” Afterward, the bears wandered off into the darkness — ending a visit that Williams and her husband won’t soon forget. Hopefully, the cub now understands that it’s best to keep his distance from people. But that wouldn’t be the only lesson learned. “These visits are just reminders that we are just as much guests in their homes as they are to ours,” Williams said. Watch the video, she continues to drag the cub around by the scruff of its neck, even while it protests.